Date:         Mon, 6 Jun 2005 19:04:46 -0400
Reply-To:     harry.droogendyk@RBC.COM
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Harry Droogendyk <harry.droogendyk@RBC.COM>
Subject:      Re: pipe to read a directory with space
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double up the embedded quotes:


filename xx pipe "dir/b ""%sysfunc(pathname(WORK))\*.* "" ";

data _null_;
infile xx;
input;
put _infile_;
run;

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu
[mailto:owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu]On Behalf Of Ya Huang
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 6:46 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Cc: Ya Huang
Subject: pipe to read a directory with space


Hi there,

filename xx pipe "dir/b %sysfunc(pathname(WORK))\*.*";

data _null_;
infile xx;
input;
put _infile_;
run;

The above doesn't work, and I believe the reason is that the
directory name has spaces in it.
On DOS window, I can type in
dir/b "C:\WINNT\Temp\SAS Temporary Files\_TD2032\*.*" to get the list of
the files, but how I can add double quote in the pipe?

Thanks

Ya
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